Easter Trivia

1. Which composer was responsible for the famous oratorio that sets to music a verse from the book of Isaiah, describing the darkness that is believed to foretell Jesus' death?

From Quiz Black as Night, Bright as Day

Answer: George Frideric Handel

Handel's "Messiah" was originally written for the Easter season, and was first performed in Dublin on April 13, 1742. However, it has come to be associated mostly with Christmas. Isaiah 60:2-3, the verses referred to in the question, speak of the darkness that encompasses the world, but also of the Light to come. Handel worked in conjunction with librettist Charles Jennens, whose idea this great work was. He provided Handel with the Bible verses and Handel wove the music around the story, which tells of the darkness found in the world and the fulfillment of God's promise to bring new life, in the person of Jesus Christ.

From Quiz Easter - Fractured Fun

Answer: Rabbit

Rabbits were first used a symbol of Easter in Germany in the 16th century.The Easter Bunny tradition was brought to America in the 1700s by German settlers.

From Quiz What is Easter About?

Answer: Shrove Tuesday

Pancakes were made to use up the last of the eggs and butter before the Lenten fast. People would feast on meat and other rich foods, hence the name Mardi Gras - or Fat Tuesday - in French. The absence of eggs from the fasting diet could also have some part in the association of eggs with Easter.

From Quiz The First Easter

Answer: The resurrection of Jesus Christ

You can find out more about this in the Bible (Matthew, chapter 27).

From Quiz Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown

Answer: Fries them

Marcie was learning how to color the eggs, but she ends up frying the first dozen.

From Quiz Black as Night, Bright as Day

Answer: Passover

Easter is a movable celebration, because early Christian believers wanted to observe it on the same Jewish feast when the original event took place. The date is taken from the first Paschal full moon (paschal derives from the Jewish word Pasch, originally meaning passover) occurring on or after the vernal (Spring) equinox. Easter Sunday is celebrated on the first Sunday that occurs after that full moon.

From Quiz Easter - Fractured Fun

Answer: Egg hunt

In an egg hunt, chocolate eggs are hidden around the yard or house, then everyone joins in the fun of discovering them. Originally decorated chicken eggs were used instead of chocolate eggs.

From Quiz Classics for Easter

Answer: Christ Lag in Todesbanden (Christ Lay in the Bonds of Death)

The cantata #4 for Easter Sunday, "Christ Lag in Todesbanden", is based on the traditional Lutheran chorale of the same name. This chorale is notable in that the text and melody are derived from the sequence for the Catholic Easter Sunday liturgy, "Victimae Paschali Laudes" ("Praise Ye the Paschal Victim"). Rather than exulting in the joy of Easter, this cantata vividly describes the combat between Death and Life (memorably embodied in the great chorus "Es War ein Wunderlicher Krieg") and of Christ's victory over the dominion of Death.

From Quiz What is Easter About?

Answer: Lent

Lent lasts for forty days before Easter, excluding Sundays, as they are considered to be 'festival' days. It begins on Ash Wednesday, the day after Shrove Tuesday. In the Catholic Church it ends on Maundy Thursday, whereas in the Anglican Church it ends on Easter Eve. Lent is a season of restricting the diet, as opposed to strict fasting. Nowadays people give up certain foods that they enjoy; in the past they would have given up meat, eggs, butter, fish and oil, amongst other things. Jesus went into the wilderness for forty days to fast and pray before beginning his ministry.

From Quiz The First Easter

Answer: Barabbas & Barabus & Barabas

Every Passover the Roman governor would release the criminal that the people chose. Jesus wasn't a criminal, but people thought of Him as one. The people chose Barabbas to release.

From Quiz Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown

Answer: Linus

Between the Easter Beagle and the Great Pumpkin, Linus stays busy for the holidays!

From Quiz Black as Night, Bright as Day

Answer: Finland

Children of South-Eastern Finland celebrate Easter in this fashion on Palm Sunday, waving willow branches instead of palms (which don't grow in that region). In Western Finland, it is on Holy Saturday that Lutheran families celebrate in this way.

From Quiz What is Easter About?

Answer: Jesus riding into Jerusalem on a colt or donkey

Palm Sunday (also known as Passion Sunday) is the Sunday before Easter and is the starting-point of the passion story. In the Revised English Bible, Mark 11 v7, it says that Jesus rode into Jerusalem on a colt: 'So they brought the colt to Jesus, and when they had spread their cloaks on it he mounted it.'

From Quiz Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown

Answer: Christmas

Just like the real world it seems.

From Quiz Black as Night, Bright as Day

Answer: Rutherford B. Hayes

The Easter egg roll is a popular custom, and is incorporated into a number of movies. The concept itself has no particular Christian overtones, but some consider rolling the eggs symbolic of the stone that was rolled away from the front of Jesus' tomb, suggesting new life and regeneration.

From Quiz Italian Easter Foods

Answer: Lamb

Traditionally the lamb is less than two months old and is entirely milk-fed. (Pope John Paul II once requested that Italian Catholics refrain from eating Abbacchio and choose another type of meat, for humanitarian reasons.)

From Quiz The First Easter

Answer: Place of the Skull

It was called the Place of the Skull because of all the people who died there.

From Quiz Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown

Answer: Hats

They try on many hats and laugh at each other.

From Quiz Black as Night, Bright as Day

Answer: Clay pots

Greece has a number of Easter festivities peculiar to the various islands of that country. The throwing of the huge clay pots occurs at around 11 am, marking what's known as the 'First Resurrection'. The cheering that ensues is said to ward off evil, and celebrates victory over death.

From Quiz Easter - Fractured Fun

Answer: Rebirth

To Christians, Easter celebrates the rebirth of Jesus who died on the cross.

From Quiz Italian Easter Foods

Answer: Easter eggs (or eggs).

The dough is traditionally wrapped, shaped, or braided around the eggs in various shapes (a ring, a doll, a man, etc.). The eggs may be colored or uncolored.

From Quiz The First Easter

Answer: Hebrew

From Quiz Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown

Answer: A birdhouse

Woodstock complained about getting wet during a rainstorm, so Snoopy buys him a birdhouse to keep him dry.

From Quiz Black as Night, Bright as Day

Answer: Smigus Dyngus

It seems to me that the Polish know how to make a celebration out of anything! Smigus Dyngus is a tradition held on Easter Monday, when the boys of a region douse the likeliest looking girls with water. The more drenched a girl gets, the more likely she'll be married. The lads don't have it all their way, though; the girls get to return the favour the following day! The tradition is thought to recall the Christian rebirth and baptism.

From Quiz What is Easter About?

Answer: 30

In the Gospel of Matthew, Chapter 26 verse 15 it describes how Judas went to the Chief Priests and they weighed out thirty pieces of silver for him. Judas later realized what he had done and no longer wanted the money, so it was used to buy the Potter's Field (also known as the Blood Acre) where foreigners were buried. The thirty pieces of silver as the price on Jesus' head had been prophesied by Jeremiah.

From Quiz Italian Easter Foods

Answer: Dove

The Colomba is a sweet bread similar in texture to Pannetonne and baked in the shape of a dove. Sometimes it is sprinkled with pearl sugar (a chunky white sugar) and blanched almonds. It is traditionally served with Zabaglione, a frothy egg-yolk custard made with Marsala.

From Quiz Black as Night, Bright as Day

Answer: An old cart

In this Florentine tradition, a cart filled with fireworks is deposited in front of the cathedral church. It's set alight and the onlookers enjoy the show. The custom dates from around 500 years ago, and represents the Light of Christ returning, after all the fires in the city were extinguished on Good Friday.

From Quiz What is Easter About?

Answer: press of oils

The Garden of Gethsemane is on the lower slopes of the Mount of Olives, and so was planted with many olive trees (It is believed that some of those trees still produce olives today.) and had lots of olive presses as well. Jesus went to the Garden of Gethsemane after singing the Passover hymns, to pray. It was in this garden that they came to arrest him, following Judas' betrayal.

From Quiz The First Easter

Answer: Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews

In Latin the phrase is 'Iesus Nazarenus Rex Iudaeorum' and is generally abbreviated INRI.

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